Wizard step 3: Locations
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In the third step of the Wizard, soil profiles can be assigned to or removed from an ident on the pipe. This screen provides an overview of which soil profiles are assigned to which idents, or vice versa.
You can navigate through the list on the left, while a 3D visualisation of the assignments on the pipe is displayed on the right.
The different sections of this screen are explained briefly below.
Two lists are available: •A list of all available soil profiles. These profiles were defined earlier in Step 2 of the wizard and can be assigned to idents on the pipeline. •A list of all idents defined in the project. When you click an item in either list, a detailed view of the selected item is displayed, and its location on the pipeline is highlighted in the Pipeline configuration. |
The detail view will display either the details of the selected soil profile or the details of the selected ident, regardless of whether it is selected from the navigation list or from the pipeline configuration.
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One can browse through the several Idents defined on the pipeline using the Idents navigator. The selected Ident in the drop-down will also be selected in the 'Pipeline Configuration' screen and the Ident's 'Detail view'.
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The pipeline is divided in sections depending on non linear changes (that is: along the pipeline axis) in soil coverage, (ground) water level and pipe diameter. The aim is to provide some clues for the end user on where there are potential changes in soil values. And thus, where to assign soil profiles.
The elements of the selected section are coloured yellow. Through the section navigator one can browse through the sections. On the right, the percentage of defined section elements is shown. Once a section has a soil profile assigned to both its beginning and its end it is called 'defined'. Within the section there is no non-linear change in one of the parameters influencing the soil values, so they can be linearly interpolated using the assigned profiles[1]. The number of elements within defined sections are the defined section elements. 1 Right-click a pipeline section in the 'Pipeline configuration' viewport to get some more details.
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For a (semi-)vertical bend the soil coverage changes non-linear along the pipeline axis per definition. However, for simplicity only a section break will be placed at the middle of the bend. For small bends the deviation can be neglected, but attention should be paid for large bends (f.e. a horizontal drilling).
A soil profile can be assigned to an ident on the pipeline using one of the methods described below. 1.Drag and drop Drag a profile from the list of soil profiles and drop it onto the desired ident page in the 'Pipeline configuration'. 2.Context menu: Right-click an empty ident page and select a profile from the 'Assign profile' option in the dropdown menu.
Once a profile has been assigned, 'Assign profile' is replaced by 'Replace', and additional options 'Assign Discontinuous Profile' and 'Remove Profile' becomes available.
Right-click an ident, choose 'Properties', and click 'Change profile(s)…' to modify the assignment.
Assigning Profiles to Multiple Idents To assign a profile to multiple idents, first select multiple ident pages. Then, right-click any of the selected idents and choose a profile from the 'Assign profiel' option in the dropdown menu. Alternatively, the desired soil profile can be dragged from the list and dropped onto the selected ident pages to complete the assignment. Please note: the desired soil profile must be selected from the list before selecting multiple ident pages.
You can select multiple ident pages by: •Dragging a selection rectangle in selection mode to select a range of idents, or •Holding Ctrl while clicking individual ident pages (use Ctrl+A to select all). Assigning Discontinuous Profile For regular idents where no discontinuity has been detected After a profile has been assigned to an ident, the 'Assign Discontinuous Profile' option becomes available. This allows a second profile to be defined after the ident.
The first assigned profile represents the 'before' position and the second one as 'after'.
When a discontinuous profile has been assigned, a 'Swap profile(s)…' option appears,
the options 'Replace profile…' and 'Remove profile(s)…' contain multiple choices to select changes for the 'before' and 'after' soil profiles.
Another way to assign discontinuous profile is via ident's 'Properties' screen.
For idents where Soil Wizard has detected a discontinuity or step Both options 'Assign profile' and 'Assign Discontinuous Profile' are immediately available. •'Assign profile' corresponds to the 'before' position. •'Assign Discontinuous Profile' corresponds to the 'after' position.
Save or cancel the profiles assigning When modifications are made within the 'Location' tab, the 'Save' and 'Reject' buttons automatically become active. These buttons allow the user to explicitly confirm or discard any adjustments made to the soil profile assignments or related configuration settings. •'Save': Confirms and permanently applies all changes made during the current editing session. •'Reject': Cancels all modifications made since the last save and restores the previous configuration. Before leaving the 'Location' tab, the system checks whether unsaved changes are present. If so, a warning message is shown, prompting the user to either save or reject the pending changes. Navigation to another tab is only allowed once the user has confirmed how the changes should be handled. This mechanism ensures that no work is accidentally lost and that all updates are intentionally validated before progressing further.
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Soil mechanical values will be calculated for each ident using the specifications of the assigned soil profile.
Soil_Points (last modified: Dec 4, 2025)